“Other People’s Property” is a very good book that is at its best when its author acts like a DJ. But don’t get it twisted: [Jason] Tanz sees hip-hop as text more than as sonic phenomenon or, for that matter, stone groove. “Other People’s Property” is made up of nine journalistic pieces, each a mix of reportage and personal reflection about race and the industry of hip-hop. It’s freaky, equally in love with Western philosophers such as Jean Baudrillard and the classic albums from hip-hop’s golden era. In a very hip-hop effort to get his shine on, the author mashes up his prose, cutting in and out of reportage and confessional styles.
This cutting edge documentary not only unmasks the faces of seven individuals addicted to graffiti, but it exposes their thoughts, feelings, faults and fears — an avenue unrivaled by any graff film to date[…]”Graffiti is like the United Nations. There is a representative from all corners of the earth. Black, white and the many shades in between, man or woman.”
The Roots, Common and Redman are scheduled to appear on the NBA 2K6 soundtrack, while the Philadelphia band is slated to hit the road on the 2K Sports‘ Bounce tour this fall.
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As Reverend Run of Run-D.M.C. preps the release of his first solo album, Distortion, his MTV reality sitcom, “Run’s House” is slated to premiere in mid October.
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Pepsi-Cola North America has been busy trying to squash rumors that Kanye West has been cut from its current marketing campaign following his infamous “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” comment made during a live telethon.
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Michael Jackson’s dad Joe is making a return to the music business, by starting up a hip-hop boot camp.
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The Swiss-born, Paris-based artist Thomas Hirschhorn said “The trap for an artist is not the market. … The danger is to lose the mission!” Hirschhorn was referring to the plastic and fine arts, but his words apply as much to the (albeit) small crew of underground musical artists that exist in Lebanon.
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About 40 percent of Top 20 songs have mentioned at least one brand in both 2004 and 2003, The Motley Fool reports (via MSNBC.com and AdJab).
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Kool G. Rap is arguably one of the greatest emcees to ever touch a mic. As one of the godfathers of gangsta rap, the Queens native has influenced an entire generation with his complex rhyme patterns, vivid stories and vintage flow.
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